What On Earth Is Poker Pop?

Thursday, 27 April 2006

Variations on poker seem to be coming thick and fast these days.
Gone are the times when a simple gathering of friends with a few
beers and a deck of cards passed for a game. Even basic online
tournaments don’t seem to be at the cutting edge any more

Variations on poker seem to be coming thick and fast these days.
Gone are the times when a simple gathering of friends with a few
beers and a deck of cards passed for a game. Even basic online
tournaments don’t seem to be at the cutting edge any more. The
latest innovation is Poker Pop, launched by playfirst.com.
The idea is to teach novices the basics before they head off to
the big sites and try to coin it taking on top quality players.
Essentially, it’s a tile matching game, where tile are cards and
players need to match them up to make a poker hand. It’s themed
too. Players travel around a virtual globe too, trying to learn
more about each country. Surely this is one of the most utterly
bizarre ways to teach the great game, but it sure beats being
thrown in at the deep end and losing all your bankroll in one
go.

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